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Atomico, a 10-year-old, London-based venture firm that invests across sectors and stages in startups that are largely located in Europe’s fastest growing tech hubs — particularly London, Stockholm, Helsinki and Berlin — is raising a $750 million fund, shows an SEC filing. The firm has also confirmed the total to us. The amount is a sizable step up from Atomico’s third… Read More... →

Microsoft today unveiled its latest partnership around its HoloLens augmented reality headset. Lowe’s, a company with a chain of home improvement stores, will bring HoloLens into some stores in the Seattle area — that is, within driving distance of Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington — and allow shoppers to customize kitchens with holograms. “Lowe’s is […]... →

Managed By Q, the company that lets you order on-demand cleaning services, IT help, handyman work and more all from an iPad in the office, has today announced a new stock option plan for its office operators. The program, which will give back 5 percent of the company to operators, applies to all employees of the company, regardless of role, starting on July 1, and the program will continue… Read More... →

SV Angel, the seven-year-old, seed-stage venture firm founded by renowned investor Ron Conway, is targeting $46 million in funding, shows a new SEC filing that states the first sale has yet to occur. The firm is currently managed by Conway’s son, Topher Conway, along with general partners Brian Pokorny, Kevin Carter, and Robert Pollack. It also employs one principal and two associates.… Read More... →

Издатель газеты «Ведомости», ЗАО «Бизнес Ньюс Медиа», подал иск в Головинский районный суд Москвы к главе агентства «Социальные сети» Денису Терехову. Издание обвиняет его в публикации сведений, порочащих деловую репутацию «Ведомостей», пишет «Интерфакс».... →

There are a number of ways to find a last minute travel deal, whether that’s from a big-name ticket booking engine like Kayak, or a service that specializes in finding last minute discounts like HotelTonight or newly launched Overnight. Today, an early player in this space, Last Minute Travel, is bringing that same ability to snag a cheap ticket to another area in the travel space… Read More... →

Писатель Том Айлинг опубликовал в своём блоге на Medium колонку о том, как любой человек может улучшить свои писательские навыки. На заметку обратил внимание российский инвестор Аркадий Морейнис, упомянув, что написание хороших текстов — один из важных навыков для предпринимателя.Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод заметки.... →

Even in an uncertain market, top venture firms seem to have no trouble locking down huge capital commitments from their investors. This week, Accel announced $2 billion in funding. Last week, Lightspeed Venture Partners announced $1.2 billion across two new funds. GGV Capital is meanwhile raising two funds totaling more than $1 billion. Union Square Ventures, the 13-year-old, New… Read More... →

FEATURE: More than four years after Steve Jobs’ death, his widow is on track to win approval from town officials in Woodside to build a luxurious new homestead on land that was previously the site of the historic Jackling Home. Jobs himself spent more than seven years fighting legal battles with local preservation groups before finally tearing down the […]... →

I spent the past week fully immersed in the 30th annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Along with at least 26,000 attendees, I searched for interesting people and events that could tell me about the future of the game industry. As press, I felt the increasing pressure to head to press conferences rather than […]... →

The American dream is no longer for sale — but it is for rent. We are slowly going through a subtle shift in how the economy is owned and operated, with massive implications. On an average day, you may wake up, shower, dress, drive to work and return home. But the way you do it is changing: Where once you would own the car, the house and the clothes, you now have the option to live life… Read More... →

Директор агентства «Простор» требует с компании 1 млн рублей за моральный ущерб... →

From self-tying shoes and an algorithmic feed on Instagram to Playstation VR and Spoonrocket shutting down, here are eleven stories you don’t want to miss this week. Read More... →

Сегодня в течение дня в кампаниях Директа начнет свою работу опция расширенного геотаргетинга. Об этом сообщается в блоге Рекламных технологий Яндекса. C этой настройкой реклама может показываться не только пользователям из выбранного региона, но и тем, кто прописывает название этого региона в своем запросе — и при этом находится в любой другой точке мира. До запуска специалисты Директа тщательно тестировали сам алгоритм расширения — прорабатывали несколько разных сценариев, экспериментировали с типами гео... →

Google made plenty of announcements and turned plenty of heads this week. Our communities have been talking about the most pressing stories, and I’m here to share ’em with ya. In addition to Google news, we’ve got some threads about content optimization, redirects, and the ROI of switching to HTTPS. Let’s dive in! Google Will Update Googlebot Smartphone UA on April 18 Next month, Google will be updating its Googlebot... [Read More...] The post Mobile Mayday, HTTPS Woes, and More: Weekly Forum Update appeare... →

Бренд отказался от своей истории, чтобы привлечь внимание нового поколения потребителей... →

Герман Каплун прокомментировал рейтинг 100 лучших венчурных инвесторов (The Top 100 Venture Capitalists), от компании CB Insights.  Насчет рейтинга венчурных инвесторов и математики. У ТMT investments в 25 проектах есть крупные фонды в качестве соинвесторов. В некоторых компаниях мы сидим с людьми из этого списка в советах директоров. К этому рейтингу применен чисто математический подход и, наверное, математически это именно так. Но... Вопрос периода и типов статистики. Есть старые уважаемые фонды и есть о... →

WeWork, the co-working space headquartered in New York and valued north of $5 billion, has today announced its second acquisition. The company will be acquiring Welkio, a digital sign-in system for guests at an office, which was actually built at a WeWork hackathon. Welkio was founded by two Hathaway employees — Hathaway is a WeWork member. After the Hackathon, Hathaway employees… Read More... →

Amazon Echo is becoming a surprisingly good product. With countless of integrations, you can now control many things using your voice. It’s now possible to order pizza, play something on Spotify and call an Uber using your voice. But it’s also a new device — Amazon only released the Echo in June 2015. That’s why we are excited to announce that Amazon Vice President of… Read More... →

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